Structural diversity of alkylzinc complexes with pyrrole-based N,O-ligands: from molecular complexes to coordination polymers

Abstract

The equimolar reaction of R₂Zn (where R = Et or ^tBu) with pyrrole-based N,O-proligands afforded a series of alkylzinc compounds with a variety of intriguing structures including a hexanuclear macrocyclic complex and 1D coordination polymers with versatile intramolecular or intermolecular bonding modes.